Stove



l'. L. MOTT.

Heating Stove.

Patented Nov. 28, 1854.`

j l E l UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

JORDAN L. MOTT, OF MOTT HAVEN, NEW YORK.

STOVE.

Specification of Letters lPatent No.

To all whom t may concern Be it. known that I, JORDAN L. MOTT, of Mott Haven, Testchester county, New York, have invented certain Improvements in the Stove for Heating Apartments denominated the Ovate Stove, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is an elevation; Fig. 2, a vertical section; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken at the line A, a, of Fig. l.

The same letters indicate like part-s in all the figures.

The body of the stove, as the title indi- Cates, is in the general form of an egg with the larger end down and a section cut out for the grate, and connected with the base by a spreading flanch cast thereon, and the upper or smaller' 'end spread out funnel shaped, and covered with a cap plate provided with apertures, one for the smoke pipe and the other for feeding the coal and provided therefor with a lid. This general form has been devised with reference to the body of coal within, for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the outer shell, and to prevent that rapid destruction of the iron which takes place in the shell of cast-iron stoves, particularly such as are not lined, where the charge of coal is placed and a little above it.

By the form which I have devised, the mass of metal is more nearly distributed in the proportion of the intensity of the heat from the grate to the top, and hence lnuch less liable to be injured by unequal expansion and contraction in heating and cooling than stoves as heretofore formed.

The grate being placed in the aperture at the large end of the ovate, the charge of coal placed vthereon extends up, occupying the semi-spherical partresting on the inner curved surface thereof, and hence tending constantly to descend to the grate, which being of much less area than the upper part of the charge, will prevent an intense combustion of the coal where it is in contact with the shell. And from the upper surface of the charge, where the heat is most intense, the diameter gradually decreases to the top. But even when thus formed, the heat is yet too intense at the part of greatest. diameter, and to compensate therefor, I make this part of the stove of one or more 11,999, dated November 28, 1854.

separate rings, `each with a projecting scalloped lanch to conduct olf the surplus caloric, so that the form, the separate sections, and the projecting flanch or flanches, cn the middle section or sections `all taken 1n combination constitutes` the novel character of my invention by which I have been able to produce a stove which, for the cost, is more durable than any other lmown stove, and bet-ter adapted to heating apartments. j

My invent-ion also consists in combining with the ovate formed shell of the stove what I denominate aclothes protector, that is a hoop of much greater diameter than the shell, and provided with arms projecting inward in any ornamental form, except a continuous ring, and resting on the projecting lanch of one of the rings forming the section of greatest diameter. The location of this hoop will effectually prevent clothes from colning in cont-act with the highly heated surface of the stove; its distance from the body of the stove will prevent itfrom being highly heated, and the parts which come in contact with the body of the stove being made of open Work, and simply resting on the projecting fianch, Will prevent it from being broken by unequal expansion.

In the accompanying drawings a, represents the base 'or pedestal,resting on a tripod or in any other lnanner. To this base is properly secured the lower lanch l), of the lower section c, of the egg formed shell. The part c, represents the semi-spherical portion of the ovate, the lower section of which is cut out, or rather it is `cast with that partopen, to receive the grate d, which is hung on a shaft c, the journals of which are fitted to recesses formed in the casting. One end of this shaft. extends through the shell to receive a handle for turning the grate, a section of the shell, as at f, being movable for the purpose of repairs. The lower flanch b, spreads out from the aperture for the grate tothe base plate, and constituting the ash pit with a door g. The upper edge of this lower section is cast with a rebate to receive a ring h, also rebated, and cast with a projecting scalloped flanch c', projecting out from its outer periphery, and ornamented at the fancy of the constructor; one, two or more such rings may be placed one above the other. The upper section j, of the shell, as before intimated, rests on the upper ring, and the tip of this section of the ovate is also omitted, `and this part is cast With a flaring flanch k, to Which a cap plate Z, is secured by a` screw bolt m, running down to, and through the flaring lanch. The cap plate has two apertures, one surrounded by acollarva, for the smoke pipe,

and the other for feeding the coal, and pro-l vided With a lip o, in the usual manner.

- The clothes protector is a hoop or ring p, cast with open Work extending inward to, and resting on, the projecting flanch of one of the rings, and at the largest diameter of the stove, to` afford, by its diameter and height, ample protection for the clothes of persons either standing orpassing by.

I do not claim either the ovate form, the separate sections, separate rings, or .extend ed flanches, all having been used in stoves heretofore.constructed by me, butrnot in combination. Nor do I claim an extended rim around the stove, this having been before used at the bottom of the fretvvork or outsidecasing of the fire pot, on line with the grate for the double purpose of securing the casing andas arest for the feet.

What Iv claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The extended rim or clothes protectoras described, located and combined with the larger diameter of the lire chamber that it may serve as a protector to prevent burning clothes, when carelessly passing,-as set forth.

JORDAN L. MOTT.

Witnesses:

WM. I-I. BISHOP, CHA-s. N. BAMBURGH. 

